Inhabit vs Possess - What's the difference?
inhabit | possess |
To live or reside in.
* Moore
To be present in; to occupy.
To have; to have ownership of.
* 1818 , (Mary Shelley), (Frankenstein) , Volume 3, Chapter 7:
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.
To vest ownership in (someone); to give someone power or knowledge; to acquaint; to inform.
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Twelfth Night) , II, 3
In lang=en terms the difference between inhabit and possess
is that inhabit is to be present in; to occupy while possess is to take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.As verbs the difference between inhabit and possess
is that inhabit is to live or reside in while possess is to have; to have ownership of.inhabit
English
Alternative forms
* enhabit (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.
- O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?
- Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.
Synonyms
* bedwellDerived terms
* inhabitablepossess
English
Verb
(es)- [...], the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds, which hardly any later friend can obtain.
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- LEONATO. I cannot bid you bid my daughter live;
- That were impossible; but, I pray you both,
- Possess the people in Messina here
- How innocent she died;
- [Sir Toby Belch] Possess' us, '''possess' us ; tell us something of him.
